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• What are the Five Pillars of Islam?
• Get your notes in order, stapled, and with your
name on them. You will turn these in tomorrow
before your test
• Chapter 1-1 (Fill in the Blank Notes)
• Chapter 1-2 (Graphic Organizer)
• Chapter 1-3 (Graphic Organizer)
• Chapter 1-4 (Graphic Organizer)
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• What are three facts you have learned from this chapter?
• Put your stapled notes in the tray
• Put your Five Pillars of Islam Worksheet in the tray
• Get out an old Scantron to use on the test if you have one
• Get out your signed Midterm and/or highlighted work to
turn in; I will collect it after attendance
Chapter 1 Test
Review
1. One great contribution of the Islamic golden age was
A.
B.
C.
D.
Algebra
Taxes
Singing stars
Golden goblets
2. Constantinople grew rich because it
A.
B.
C.
D.
Borrowed money from the Roman Empire
Was located in a natural crossroads of trade
Used “Greek fire” to defend its capital against attacks
Had an unpredictable ruler
3. Scholars see Islam’s golden age as
A.
B.
C.
D.
One of the worst periods in world history
A period when the arts suffered
A period when many gold objects were made
One of the most brilliant periods in world history
4. The Byzantines recorded and saved the knowledge of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ancient China
Only ancient Rome
Ancient Greece and Rome
Only ancient Greece
5. What do followers of Islam and the Jewish and
Christian religions all believe in?
A.
B.
C.
D.
One God alone
Muhammad
Ramadan
Journeying to Mecca
6. Mecca lay on a trade route on the edge of the desert that
takes up most of
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Red Sea
Syria
The Kabah
The Arabian Peninsula
7. Which of the following is one of the Five Pillars of
Islam?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prophecy
Caliphs
Prayer
Memorizing
8. Why was Islam so attractive to the peoples of the
Arabian Peninsula?
A. Islam offered people a way of life in contrast to the
oppressive rules of the nearby Byzantine and Persian
empires
B. Islam tried to enforce complicated law codes
C. Islamic beliefs spread out over North Africa, Spain, and
southern France
D. Islam could not compete with Medina in trade
9. Islam quickly spread to Asia, North Africa, and the
Mediterranean Coast because
A.
B.
C.
D.
People in those areas had no religion
Muhammad migrated to those regions
Muslim traders took their religion there
Mecca was no longer an important religious center
10. The Byzantine empire lasted a long time because it
A.
B.
C.
D.
Had no religious disputes
Had rulers with limited powers
Grew rich from trade
Had little contact with the rest of the world
11. Harun ar-Rashid was great supporter of
A.
B.
C.
D.
The arts
The Code of Justinian
The army at Mecca
The Sufis
12. The Code of Justinian clearly stated
A.
B.
C.
D.
The history of Byzantium
Future events
The laws and what they meant
How to make “Greek fire”
13. After the death of Uthman, the Islamic world split into
two groups: the Shiites and the
A.
B.
C.
D.
Meccans
Sunnis
Muslims
Greeks Orthodox
14. Which statement best describes the Bedouins?
A.
B.
C.
D.
They moved from one place to another
They lived in walled cities
They followed the Code of Justinian
They were farmers
15. Muslims must pray five times
A.
B.
C.
D.
A day
An hour
A week
A year
16. Why did Islam spread so fast?
A. The Byzantine and Persian empire had good roads
B. Muslims were expert traders and traveled widely
C. Islam divided Arabs into separate communities that moved
away
D. People of all religions made pilgrimages to Mecca
17. They saying, “There is no god but God,” expresses the
importance of the Muslim belief in
A.
B.
C.
D.
Prophets
Muezzins
One God
Tolerating others
18. Islam treated Jews and Christians with respect, but did
make them
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pay higher taxes
Worship Abraham and Moses
Follow the nomadic way of life
Work together
Other Items to Know!
• Make sure you can also answer the questions that we
review after each section
• Make sure you have a basic understanding of the Map
from Chapter 1 (found in the beginning and end of the
chapter)